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ArticleCureus2021

Hyperprogression: A Unique Phenomenon of Progression of Existing Tumor Secondary to Immunotherapy.

Shobha Mandal, Barun Ray, Srijana Baniya Sharma, Joyson Poulose, Vineela Kasireddy

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shobha MandalInternal Medicine, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, USA.
Barun RayInternal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, NPL.
Srijana Baniya SharmaUrgent Care, Paul Clinic, State College, USA.
Joyson PouloseHematology and Oncology, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, USA.
Vineela KasireddyHematology and Oncology, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, USA.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System · USB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences · NPGuthrie Robert Packer Hospital · USSUNY Upstate Medical University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is a relatively new approach for cancer treatment that has demonstrated prolonged survival by enhancing the body's immunologic response among advanced cancer patients. Although the benefits of immunotherapy have been well documented, potentially detrimental consequences such as pseudoprogression and hyperprogression have been identified. Hyperprogression is a tumor response in which the existing underlying tumor grows rapidly after initiating treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. This report presents a case of hyperprogression of non-small-cell lung cancer in a 71-year-old male who was initially treated with four cycles of chemotherapy (carboplatin and pemetrexed) and later started on maintenance therapy with pembrolizumab and chemotherapy. Two weeks after receiving the first cycle of immunotherapy, he presented with a complaint of shortness of breath. On repeat computed tomography of the chest, he was found to have a two-fold increase in the size of the preexisting tumor with new large multiloculated right pleural effusion and abdominal ascites.

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hyperprogressionicisimmune checkpoint inhibitorpembrolizumabpseudoprogression

Identifiers

PMID34667669
PMCPMC8519188
OpenAlexW3201641876

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